Guwahati: A woman was killed and 12 others were injured as militants opened fire on villagers at Yeah in Assam’s North Cachar Hills district on Tuesday afternoon.
Subhash Das, Principal Secretary, Home, said a group of extremists raided the village and resorted to indiscriminate firing.
They also set ablaze about 15 houses in the village located close to the Assam-Nagaland border. Security forces rushed to Yeah but they were yet to ascertain the identity of the attackers.
In Baska district, two militants of the United Liberation Front of Asom were killed in an encounter with the security forces.
One revolver, one 9 mm pistol, two live cartridges, two empty cartridges, one 7.68 pistol, 12 detonators, two magazines, 12-metre fuse wire, assorted ammunition and some documents were recovered.
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